James Bradburne confirmed as director of Brera Art Gallery

MiBACT Minister Dario Franceschini has confirmed James Bradburne as director of the Pinacoteca di Brera.

Bradburne has been at the helm of the Pinacoteca di Brera since October 5, 2015: during his stewardship, the museum has been profoundly renovated with a redesign involving all 38 rooms; visitors have increased by 40 percent and for the first time in 2019 the museum will exceed 400,000 visitors.

Amuseologist and cultural manager, Bradburne studied architecture in London and then trained in museology in Amsterdam and Los Angeles. From 2006 to 2015 he was the director of the Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi in Florence. From 2003 to 2006 he directed the Next Generation Foundation in the United Kingdom. From 1999 to 2002 he directed the Museum für Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt. From 1994 to 1998 he was responsible for design, education and programming at the New Metropolis Science and Technology Centre in Amsterdam. The author of numerous publications, he is a lecturer in museology at several Italian and foreign institutions.

“The management autonomy of museums has been a success: it has guaranteed dynamism, speed of decision-making and intervention, greater openness to the territory, local governments and civil society, strengthening protection and scientific production,” Franceschini said. Finally, he wished “good work to Bradburne for the important challenges of the coming years.”

James Bradburne confirmed as director of Brera Art Gallery

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